Why would my post be deleted? It's about an extreme kiting activity, unlike the one with some kid putting a tv remote up his @ss

Is this forum only for politically correct kiting activities where everyone has the proper saftey gear(like the guy in my post was) and there is no chance of anybody getting hurt, no change that to no chance of anybody thinking someone might get hurt. All props to weldinggod for his mad skills but really how is the kite scene threatened by a guy in Germany with a parachute getting some crazy air with a kite? And posting a video of that is so far beond the pale in needs to be deleted? If showing something you could get hurt at is the criteria for removing videos or pics than it's hard to think of anything you could post here that would not be deleted.


Rant aside, on what grounds was my post deleted?

You mean this post? --> http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=10783

I guess it just got moved, SORRY I "jumped" to conclusions. love to all
Thanks Maven454

No worries.

Hey Earl, It's all good dude. That movin thing happens every now and then, I don't think they would censor us like that.

(Earl this isn't directed at you personally, but it is my last post on this thread, so I'm gonna make my case)
What we do for fun, is an activty that is all to easy to be legislated away. For the simple fact ,that the US is the most letigious nation on earth. Not to mention our numbers here are so small that we would not stand a chance in a court of law. This isn't G.B. , where it is huge. And if they can go and take videos like that to show a jury or a city council . Then they would show that( ) from FLA that decided to fly in a HURRICANE! And then you have no where to ride......

I grew up in the 70's, my generation drained pools to ride skateboards in. Now skateboarding is damn near illegal.
Go ahead , ask any skater teenager, they will tell ya how f'd up it is to be a skater anymore if you have no skatepark.
No skatepark + hysteria induced bans= no where to ride.

If the idiot had used a paraglider I could care less
, but he used a powerkite.

What is the name of this forum?

We should think of our future , or it may be decided for us.

WG

I'm not mad it was moved, thats cool. When I wrote the original post I thought it had been deleted

My parting shot on the issue is that the American news media will show a kiteboarder getting slammed into a building at 75mph+ winds but will not give two seconds to a sanctioned kiting event. :dunno:

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Originally posted by lynx69 My parting shot on the issue is that the American news media will show a kiteboarder getting slammed into a building at 75mph+ winds but will not give two seconds to a sanctioned kiting event. :dunno:

People enjoy violence and hysteria on the news. Once in a while a "human interest" story, generally involving returned lost puppies, but usually violence and hysteria.

I agree the media are bottom feeders